CN112055976A

CN112055976A - Positioning measurement method, positioning measurement device, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN112055976A
Application number: CN202080001716.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李明菊
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-23
Filing date: 2020-07-23
Publication date: 2020-12-08
Also published as: US20230180175A1; WO2022016465A1

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method, a positioning measurement apparatus, and a storage medium. The positioning measurement method is applied to a terminal and comprises the following steps: acquiring first configuration information and second configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type positioning node, and the second configuration information is used for indicating the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node; and performing positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information. By the method and the device, the power consumption influence of positioning measurement based on one type of positioning node can be reduced, and the communication performance of a communication system is improved.

Description

Positioning measurement method, positioning measurement device, and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a positioning measurement method, a positioning measurement apparatus, and a storage medium.

Background

With the development of communication technology, positioning measurement by wireless signals has been applied. The terminal and the wireless network equipment supporting the positioning function can more conveniently perform positioning measurement on the position of the terminal.

In order to implement Positioning measurement, a terminal needs to transmit Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) to a plurality of wireless network devices (e.g., base stations/Transmission Reception Points (TRPs)), where for downlink, the terminal needs to receive and measure Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) transmitted by a plurality of base stations/TRPs, and for uplink, the terminal needs to transmit Sounding Reference Signals (SRS) to a plurality of base stations/TRPs.

Disclosure of Invention

To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a positioning measurement method, a positioning measurement apparatus, and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a positioning measurement method applied to a terminal, including:

acquiring first configuration information and second configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type positioning node, and the second configuration information is used for indicating the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node; and performing positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes: determining a first measurement result and a second measurement result, wherein the first measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the first positioning signal and the second measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the second positioning signal; the measurements include one or more of signal strength measurements, time measurements, and angle measurements.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes location information of the first type positioning node, and the second configuration information includes location information of the second type positioning node; the performing a positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information includes: determining a terminal position based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the second configuration information includes location information of the second type positioning node, and the positioning measurement method further includes: and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the second type positioning node to the first type positioning node or a positioning management functional entity.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes: and acquiring terminal position information sent by the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity, wherein the terminal position information is determined by the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes location information of the first type positioning node, and the positioning measurement method further includes: and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the first type positioning node to the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes: and acquiring terminal position information sent by the second type positioning node, wherein the terminal position information is determined by the second type positioning node based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes:

reporting second quantity information to the first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity, wherein the second quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the second type positioning nodes; wherein first quantity information is determined based on the second quantity information, the first quantity information indicating a quantity of the first type of positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes:

reporting first quantity information to the second type positioning nodes, wherein the first quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the first type positioning nodes; wherein second quantity information is determined based on the first quantity information, the second quantity information indicating a quantity of the second type of positioning nodes.

In an embodiment, the number of first-type positioning nodes used by the terminal for performing positioning measurement is the number indicated by the first quantity information, and/or the number of second-type positioning nodes used by the terminal for performing positioning measurement is the number indicated by the second quantity information.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes: determining the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the first number information, wherein the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the first number information; and/or determining the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the second quantity information, wherein the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second quantity information.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes: reporting the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the first type positioning nodes or a positioning management functional entity; and/or reporting the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the second type positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes the first quantity information; and/or the second configuration information comprises the second quantity information.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information is sent by the first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity.

In one embodiment, the first type positioning node and the second type node respectively communicate with the terminal by using different wireless access technologies.

In one embodiment, the first type of positioning node comprises a wireless network device that communicates over a cellular network; the second type of positioning node comprises one or more of a wireless local area network device, a Bluetooth device and an ultra-wideband positioning device.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a positioning measurement method applied to a network device, including:

sending first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to instruct a terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type of positioning node, where the number of the first type of positioning nodes is determined based on the number of second type of positioning nodes, and the second type of positioning nodes are positioning nodes that transmit a second positioning signal with the terminal.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes:

acquiring a first measurement result, a second measurement result and position information of a second type positioning node; determining a location of a terminal based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the location information of the first type positioning node, and the location information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the network device includes the first type positioning node, and the positioning measurement method further includes:

acquiring a first measurement result, a second measurement result and position information of a second type positioning node; and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node to a positioning management functional entity.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes:

acquiring second quantity information reported by a terminal, wherein the second quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the second type positioning nodes; determining first quantity information based on the second quantity information, the first quantity information indicating a quantity of the first type of positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, the number of first-type positioning nodes used by the terminal for performing positioning measurement is the number indicated by the first quantity information, and/or the number of second-type positioning nodes used by the terminal for performing positioning measurement is the number indicated by the second quantity information.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement method further includes:

acquiring the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement reported by the terminal; the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number of the first type positioning nodes indicated by the first number information, and/or the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second number information.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes the first quantity information.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a positioning measurement apparatus applied to a terminal, including:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first configuration information and second configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type positioning node, and the second configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node; and the measurement unit is used for carrying out positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

In one embodiment, the measurement unit is further configured to: determining a first measurement result and a second measurement result, wherein the first measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the first positioning signal and the second measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the second positioning signal; the measurements include one or more of signal strength measurements, time measurements, and angle measurements.

In an embodiment, the first configuration information includes location information of the first type positioning node, and the second configuration information includes location information of the second type positioning node. The measurement unit is configured to: determining a terminal position based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the second configuration information includes location information of the second type positioning node, and the positioning measurement apparatus further includes a sending unit, where the sending unit is configured to: and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the second type positioning node to the first type positioning node or a positioning management functional entity.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit is further configured to: and acquiring terminal position information sent by the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity, wherein the terminal position information is determined by the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes location information of the first type positioning node, and the positioning measurement apparatus further includes a sending unit, where the sending unit is configured to: and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the first type positioning node to the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit is further configured to: and acquiring terminal position information sent by the second type positioning node, wherein the terminal position information is determined by the second type positioning node based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement apparatus further includes a transmitting unit, configured to:

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement apparatus further includes a transmitting unit, configured to: reporting first quantity information to the second type positioning nodes, wherein the first quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the first type positioning nodes; wherein second quantity information is determined based on the first quantity information, the second quantity information indicating a quantity of the second type of positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, the measurement unit is further configured to: determining the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the first number information, wherein the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the first number information; and/or determining the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the second quantity information, wherein the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second quantity information.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement apparatus further includes a transmitting unit, configured to: reporting the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the first type positioning nodes or a positioning management functional entity; and/or reporting the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the second type positioning nodes.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a positioning measurement apparatus applied to a network device, including:

a sending unit, configured to send first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to instruct a terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type of positioning node, and the number of the first type of positioning nodes is determined based on the number of second type of positioning nodes, where the second type of positioning nodes are positioning nodes that transmit a second positioning signal with the terminal.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement apparatus further comprises an acquisition unit, the acquisition unit is configured to:

In one embodiment, the network device includes the first type positioning node, and the positioning measurement apparatus further includes an obtaining unit, where the obtaining unit is configured to: acquiring a first measurement result, a second measurement result and position information of a second type positioning node; and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node to a positioning management functional entity.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement apparatus further comprises an acquisition unit, the acquisition unit is configured to: acquiring the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement reported by the terminal; the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number of the first type positioning nodes indicated by the first number information, and/or the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second number information.

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a positioning measurement apparatus including:

a processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: the method of the first aspect or any one of the embodiments of the first aspect is performed.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a positioning measurement apparatus including:

a processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: the positioning measurement method of the second aspect or any one of the embodiments of the second aspect is performed.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein instructions, when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, enable the mobile terminal to perform the positioning measurement method of the first aspect or any one of the embodiments of the first aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein instructions of the storage medium, when executed by a processor of a network device, enable the network device to perform the positioning measurement method described in the second aspect or any one of the implementations of the second aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: the positioning measurement is carried out based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, the positioning measurement is carried out by combining the first type positioning node and the second type positioning node, the power consumption influence of the positioning measurement carried out based on one type positioning node is reduced, and the communication performance of the communication system is improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a system architecture diagram illustrating a joint positioning measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of position measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of position measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of position measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of position measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method of position measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a method of position measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a flow chart illustrating a method of position measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a method of position measurement according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a position measurement device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a position measurement device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for positioning measurements, according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for positioning measurements, according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

In the related art, a terminal communicates with wireless network devices such as a wireless access device and a core network device based on a cellular network, and can realize a positioning measurement function. For example, in NR Rel-16, positioning measurement for a terminal in a connected state (connected) is mainly discussed, and a reference signal for positioning is defined. The reference signals used for positioning may include, for example, PRS for downlink positioning and SRS for uplink positioning. And the positioning measurement comprises terminal measurement and wireless network equipment measurement, and the measurement values comprise a signal strength measurement value, a signal transmission time value and an angle value of channel arrival or departure.

In order to achieve positioning, a terminal needs to transmit a reference signal for positioning with a plurality of wireless network devices (e.g., base stations/TRPs). In one example, if the ue is downlink, the ue needs to receive and measure PRS (pilot symbols and pilot symbols) transmitted by multiple base stations/TRPs. If the SRS is uplink, the terminal needs to transmit the SRS to a plurality of base stations/TRPs. Since the PRS and the SRS occupy large bandwidths and require large transmission power, the power consumption of the terminal can be influenced, and meanwhile, when the positioning reference signal is transmitted, other normal communication transmission can not be carried out, so that the normal communication of the whole system is influenced.

In the related art, besides the positioning using the cellular Network, there are many other positioning methods, such as a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) based positioning method. The positioning based on the WLAN terminal mainly comprises the steps of transmitting reference signals for positioning between the terminal and a plurality of WLAN terminals, measuring, and calculating based on the measurement result and the positions of the WLAN terminals to obtain the position of the terminal. Because the WLAN terminal is closer to the terminal, if the terminal sends the uplink reference signal for positioning, the sending power of the terminal also needs not to be too high, which can reduce the power consumption of the terminal itself, reduce the interference to other terminals, and not affect the normal communication of other terminals.

In view of this, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a positioning measurement method, in which a positioning purpose reference signal (hereinafter referred to as a positioning signal) transmitted between a terminal and different types of positioning nodes is combined to reduce the power consumption influence of positioning measurement based on only one type of positioning node, so as to improve the communication performance of a communication system.

It is understood that the positioning node referred to in the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be referred to as a positioning device, or as a network device, a wireless network device.

In one example, a method for joint positioning of a cellular network and a WLAN network is provided. For example, the terminal may transmit the positioning reference signal by using one base station/TRP and a plurality of WLAN terminal, perform measurement, and calculate the terminal position according to the measurement result and the positions of the base station/TRP and the plurality of WLAN terminal, thereby reducing the influence of positioning on the power consumption of the terminal and the influence on the normal communication of the cellular network system.

The Terminal related in the present disclosure may also be referred to as a Terminal device, a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a Mobile Terminal (MT), etc., and is a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a User, for example, the Terminal may be a handheld device, a vehicle-mounted device, an Internet of Things device (IoT), an industrial Internet of Things device (IIoT), etc., which have a wireless connection function. Currently, some examples of terminals are: a smart Phone (Mobile Phone), a Pocket Computer (PPC), a palm top Computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a notebook Computer, a tablet Computer, a wearable device, or a vehicle-mounted device, etc. Furthermore, when being a communication system of the internet of vehicles (V2X), the terminal device may also be a vehicle-mounted device. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technologies and the specific device forms adopted by the terminal.

For convenience of description, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, at least two types of positioning nodes among different types of positioning nodes (or devices) used in joint positioning measurement are referred to as a first type of positioning node and a second type of positioning node. The positioning signal transmitted by the terminal and the first type positioning node for realizing the positioning measurement is called a first positioning signal, and the positioning signal transmitted by the terminal and the second type positioning node for realizing the positioning measurement is called a second positioning signal.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first type positioning node and the second type node respectively communicate with the terminal by using different wireless access technologies. In an example, the first type of positioning node includes a wireless network device that performs communication based on a cellular network, and may include, for example, a wireless access network device such as a base station, and may also include a core network device such as a Location Management Function (LMF). Further, the radio access network device referred to in the present disclosure may be: a base station, an evolved node B (enb), a home base station, an Access Point (AP), a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, a Transmission Point (TP), a Transmission and Reception Point (TRP) in a wireless fidelity (WIFI) system, and the like, and may also be a gNB in an NR system, or may also be a component or a part of a device constituting the base station. It should be understood that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the specific technology and the specific device form adopted by the network device are not limited.

When being a direct communication (D2D), internet of vehicles (V2X) communication system, the first type of positioning node may also be a terminal, e.g. a vehicle mounted device.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second type positioning node includes a wireless local area network device that performs communication based on a WLAN, a Bluetooth device that performs communication based on Bluetooth (Bluetooth), and a UWB device that performs communication based on Ultra Wide Band (UWB). It will be appreciated that the second type of positioning node may also be a sensor communicating based on one or more of WLAN, Bluetooth and UWB.

The positioning measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to the system architecture shown in fig. 1. Referring to fig. 1, a first positioning signal is transmitted between the terminal and the first-type positioning node, and a second positioning signal is transmitted between the terminal and the second-type positioning node. The first type positioning node and the second type positioning node do not have a communication interface, that is, a communication network for communication between the first type positioning node and the second type positioning node is completely independent. In one example, the location measurement is performed in conjunction with the cellular network and the WLAN network, and no interface between the cellular network and the WLAN network is provided, i.e., complete independence between the cellular network and the WLAN.

In an example of the disclosure, the first type positioning node is a base station and/or a positioning management function entity, and the second type positioning node includes one or more of a WLAN terminal, a bluetooth node, and a UWB node.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a positioning measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, where the positioning measurement method is used in a terminal, as shown in fig. 2, and includes the following steps.

In step S11, the first configuration information and the second configuration information are acquired.

The first configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and the first type positioning node. The second configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node.

In step S12, positioning measurement is performed based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, joint positioning measurement is performed by combining a first positioning signal transmitted between a terminal and a first type positioning node and a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node, so that the power consumption influence of positioning measurement based on only one type positioning node can be reduced, and the communication performance of a communication system can be improved.

In an example, assuming that a terminal originally needs to perform transmission and measurement of a first positioning signal between H first-type positioning nodes for positioning measurement, the terminal may perform transmission and measurement of the first positioning signal between M first-type positioning nodes and perform transmission and measurement of a second positioning signal between N second-type positioning nodes in the embodiment of the present disclosure, where M + N is H. Therefore, by using the joint positioning method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, positioning measurement is performed based on M first-type positioning nodes, and compared with positioning measurement performed based on H first-type positioning nodes, the influence of positioning on the power consumption of the terminal when positioning measurement is performed based on the first-type positioning nodes can be reduced, and meanwhile, signaling overhead between the first-type positioning nodes and the terminal is reduced.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the positioning measurement method related to the above embodiments is described below with reference to practical applications.

In one example, the first configuration information of the embodiment of the present disclosure is sent by a first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity. The first configuration information is sent by the first type positioning node to which the serving cell of the terminal belongs when the first configuration information is sent by the first type positioning node.

The first type of positioning node in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes a wireless network device (e.g., a base station or a TRP) that performs communication based on a cellular network, where the number of wireless network devices may be M. The first configuration information is used for configuring transmission and measurement of positioning signals (PRS and/or SRS) between the terminal and a wireless network device (e.g., a base station or TRP).

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a positioning measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, where as shown in fig. 3, the positioning measurement method is used in a network device, where the network device may be a first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity, and includes the following steps.

In step S21, the first configuration information is transmitted.

The first configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type positioning node, the number of the first type positioning nodes is determined based on the number of a second type positioning node, and the second type positioning node is a positioning node which transmits a second positioning signal with the terminal.

In an implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second configuration information is sent by the second type positioning node.

Wherein the second type of positioning node in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes one or more of a WLAN terminal, a bluetooth node, and a UWB node. Wherein the number of second type positioning nodes may be N. The second configuration information is used for configuring the terminal to perform transmission and measurement of a second positioning signal with one or more of the WLAN terminal, the Bluetooth node and the UWB node.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal performs positioning measurement according to the first configuration information and the second configuration information, which may be understood as including transmitting and measuring the first positioning signal and the second positioning signal.

The terminal performs positioning measurement on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, wherein the positioning measurement includes one or more of signal strength measurement, time measurement and angle measurement. The measurements include one or more of signal strength measurements, time measurements, and angle measurements.

In one embodiment, the terminal determines the first measurement and the second measurement. The first measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the first positioning signal. The second measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the second positioning signal.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the position of the terminal may be determined by calculation of the terminal, may also be determined by calculation of the first type positioning node, and may also be determined by calculation of the second type positioning node.

In an implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal performs the calculation and determination of the terminal position, the terminal performs the calculation and determination of the terminal position based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

When the terminal performs the terminal position calculation and determination in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal needs to determine the position information of the first-type positioning node and the position information of the second-type positioning node, and calculates and determines the terminal position based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first-type positioning node, and the position information of the second-type positioning node.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the location information of the first type positioning node may be included in the first configuration information. And/or the location information of the second type positioning node may be included in the second configuration information.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a positioning measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, where the positioning measurement method is used in a terminal, as shown in fig. 4, and includes the following steps.

In step S31, the first configuration information and the second configuration information are acquired.

The first configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type positioning node, and the first configuration information includes position information of the first type positioning node. The second configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node, and the second configuration information includes location information of the second type positioning node.

In step S32, the first and second positioning signals are transmitted and measured based on the first and second configuration information, and the first and second measurement results are determined.

In step S33, a determination terminal position is calculated based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first-type positioning node, and the position information of the second-type positioning node.

In another implementation, the terminal according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may send the first positioning measurement result and the second positioning measurement result to the first type positioning node and/or the positioning management function entity, and the first type positioning node or the positioning management function entity calculates and determines the position of the terminal.

When the first-type positioning node or the positioning management function entity calculates and determines the terminal position, the position information of the second-type positioning node is required to be acquired. In the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal may communicate with the second type positioning node, acquire the position information of the second type positioning node, and send the position information of the second type positioning node to the first type positioning node or the positioning management function entity.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the location information of the second-type positioning node may be included in the second configuration information.

The terminal sends the first measurement result and the second measurement result to the first-type positioning node, which may be understood as the first-type positioning node to which the serving cell sent to the terminal belongs.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a positioning measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, where the positioning measurement method is used in a terminal, as shown in fig. 5, and includes the following steps.

In step S41, the first configuration information and the second configuration information are acquired.

The first configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and the first type positioning node. The second configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node, and the second configuration information includes location information of the second type positioning node.

In step S42, the first and second positioning signals are transmitted and measured based on the first and second configuration information, and the first and second measurement results are determined.

In step S43, the first measurement result, the second measurement result, and the location information of the second-type positioning node are sent to the first-type positioning node or the positioning management function entity.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second configuration information includes location information of a second type positioning node, and the terminal sends the first measurement result, the second measurement result, and the location information of the second type positioning node to the first type positioning node or the positioning management function entity. The first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity obtains a first measurement result, a second measurement result and position information of the second type positioning node, and determines the position of the terminal based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

When the terminal sends the first measurement result, the second measurement result, and the location information of the second-type positioning node to the first-type positioning node, it may be understood as the first-type positioning node to which the serving cell sent to the terminal belongs.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a positioning measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, where as shown in fig. 6, the positioning measurement method is used in a network device, and the network device may be a first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity, and includes the following steps.

In step S51, the first measurement result, the second measurement result, and the position information of the second-type positioning node are acquired.

In step S52, a determination terminal position is calculated based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first-type positioning node, and the position information of the second-type positioning node.

In this disclosure, if the network device is a first-type positioning node, when the positioning management function entity performs terminal position calculation and determination, the first-type positioning node obtains a first measurement result, a second measurement result, and position information of a second-type positioning node, and sends the obtained first measurement result, second measurement result, and position information of the second-type positioning node to the positioning management function entity, and the positioning management function entity calculates and determines a terminal position based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first-type positioning node, and the position information of the second-type positioning node. The first-type positioning node can also send the position information of the first-type positioning node to the positioning management function entity.

The first measurement result, the second measurement result, and the location information of the second type positioning node are obtained by the first type positioning node to which the serving cell of the terminal belongs, and are sent to the positioning management function entity.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the first type positioning node or the positioning management function entity determines the terminal position, the terminal position information representing the determined terminal position may be sent to the terminal, and the terminal acquires the terminal position information sent by the first type positioning node or the positioning management function entity.

In another implementation, the terminal according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may send the first positioning measurement result and the second positioning measurement result to the second type positioning node, and the second type positioning node determines the position of the terminal.

When the second-type positioning node determines the terminal position, the position information of the first-type positioning node needs to be acquired. In the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal may communicate with the first-type positioning node, acquire the position information of the first-type positioning node, and send the position information of the first-type positioning node to the second-type positioning node.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the location information of the first type positioning node may be included in the first configuration information.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a positioning measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, where the positioning measurement method is used in a terminal, as shown in fig. 7, and includes the following steps.

In step S61, the first configuration information and the second configuration information are acquired.

The first configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and the first type positioning node, and the first configuration information includes position information of the first type positioning node. The second configuration information is used for instructing the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node.

In step S62, the first and second positioning signals are transmitted and measured based on the first and second configuration information, and the first and second measurement results are determined.

In step S63, the first measurement result, the second measurement result, and the location information of the first-type positioning node are transmitted to the second-type positioning node.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first configuration information includes location information of the first-type positioning node, and the terminal sends the first measurement result, the second measurement result, and the location information of the first-type positioning node to the second-type positioning node. The second type positioning node acquires the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the first type positioning node, and determines the position of the terminal based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the second-type positioning node determines the terminal position, the terminal position information representing the determined terminal position may be sent to the terminal, and the terminal acquires the terminal position information sent by the second-type positioning node.

The following description will be made of a process for determining the number of first-type positioning nodes and the number of second-type positioning nodes used for performing positioning measurement in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, there is no communication interface between the first type positioning node and the second type positioning node, so the number of the first type positioning node and the second type positioning node cannot be determined by each other. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of the first type positioning nodes and/or the number of the second type positioning nodes are reported to the first type positioning nodes and/or the second type positioning nodes through the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first number information indicates the number of the first type positioning nodes, and the second number information indicates the number of the second type positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, a terminal reports the number of second-type positioning nodes to a first-type positioning node or a positioning management function entity, where second quantity information is used to indicate the number of second-type positioning nodes, so that the first-type positioning node or the positioning management function entity determines first quantity information based on the second quantity information, and the first quantity information is used to indicate the number of first-type positioning nodes. In one example, a terminal performs positioning measurement and originally needs to transmit and measure a first positioning signal with H first-type positioning nodes, and the terminal reports the number of second-type positioning nodes to the first-type positioning nodes or a positioning management function entity in the embodiment of the present disclosure: n are provided. The first-type positioning node or the positioning management function entity may determine the number M of the first-type positioning nodes based on H and N, such that M + N is H.

When the terminal reports the number of the second-type positioning nodes to the first-type positioning node, it can be understood that the second-type positioning nodes report to the first-type positioning node to which the serving cell of the terminal belongs, and the first-type positioning node to which the serving cell of the terminal belongs determines the first number information.

In another embodiment, a terminal reports first quantity information to a second-type positioning node, where the first quantity information is used to indicate the quantity of the first-type positioning nodes, so that the second-type positioning node determines second quantity information based on the first quantity information, and the second quantity information is used to indicate the quantity of the second-type positioning nodes. In an example, a terminal performs positioning measurement and originally needs to perform transmission and measurement of a first positioning signal with H first-type positioning nodes, and the terminal reports the number of the first-type positioning nodes to a second-type positioning node in the embodiment of the present disclosure: and M are provided. The second-type positioning node may determine the number N of second-type positioning nodes based on H and M, such that M + N equals H. And the terminal can report H to the second type positioning node.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a positioning measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, where the positioning measurement method is used in a terminal, as shown in fig. 8, and includes the following steps.

In step S71, the second quantity information is reported to the first type positioning node or the positioning management function entity, and/or the first quantity information is reported to the second type positioning node.

The first quantity information is used to indicate a quantity of said first type of positioning nodes and/or the second quantity information is used to indicate a quantity of second type of positioning nodes.

Wherein the first quantity information is determined based on the second quantity information. And/or the second quantity information is determined based on the first quantity information.

It is to be understood that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the determining manner of the first quantity information and/or the second quantity information is not limited to the foregoing manner, and other manners are also possible. In an example, the first number information is determined by a number of first type positioning nodes in communication with the terminal or predefined by the first type positioning nodes or a positioning management function entity. And/or the second quantity information in the embodiment of the present disclosure may also be determined by the number of second-type positioning nodes actually detected by the terminal.

In step S72, determining the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the first number information; and/or determining the number of second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the second quantity information.

In an implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of first-type positioning nodes used by the terminal for performing positioning measurement is the number indicated by the first quantity information, and/or the number of second-type positioning nodes used by the terminal for performing positioning measurement is the number indicated by the second quantity information. In another embodiment, the terminal may determine, based on the first quantity information, the number of first-type positioning nodes used for performing the positioning measurement, where the number of first-type positioning nodes used for performing the positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the first quantity information. And/or determining the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the second quantity information, wherein the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second quantity information.

In step S73, reporting the number of first-type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the first-type positioning nodes or a positioning management function entity; and/or reporting the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the second type positioning nodes.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after determining the number of first-type positioning nodes actually used based on the first number information, the terminal may report the number of first-type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the first-type positioning nodes or the positioning management function entity, so as to prevent other first-type positioning nodes that are not selected for positioning measurement from continuing to send the first positioning signal.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after determining the number of the second-type positioning nodes actually used based on the second quantity information, the terminal may report the number of the second-type positioning nodes used for performing the positioning measurement to the second-type positioning nodes, so as to prevent other second-type positioning nodes that are not selected to perform the positioning measurement from continuing to send the second positioning signal.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal may report the number of the first-type positioning nodes used for performing the positioning measurement, or report the number of the second-type positioning nodes used for performing the positioning measurement, or may also report the number of the first-type positioning nodes used for performing the positioning measurement and report the number of the second-type positioning nodes used for performing the positioning measurement.

It is further understood that one or more of steps S71, S72, and S73 referred to above in the embodiments of the present disclosure are optional.

In one embodiment, first number information indicating the number of first type positioning nodes may be included in the first configuration information.

In one embodiment, the second quantity information indicating the number of the second type positioning nodes may be included in the second configuration information.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a positioning measurement method according to an exemplary embodiment, where as shown in fig. 9, the positioning measurement method is used in a network device, which may be a first-type positioning node or a positioning function management entity, and the first-type positioning node may be a first-type positioning node to which a serving cell of a terminal belongs, and includes the following steps.

In step S81, second quantity information reported by the terminal is obtained, where the second quantity information is used to indicate the number of the second-type positioning nodes.

In step S82, first quantity information indicating the number of the first type positioning nodes is determined based on the second quantity information.

In step S83, the number of first-type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement reported by the terminal is obtained. The number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number of the first type positioning nodes indicated by the first number information, and/or the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second number information.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes first quantity information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, after the network device obtains the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement reported by the terminal, the first type positioning nodes not used for positioning measurement may stop sending the first positioning signal.

The positioning measurement method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can perform positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, realize positioning measurement by combining the first type positioning node and the second type positioning node, reduce the power consumption influence of positioning measurement based on only one type positioning node, and improve the communication performance of the communication system.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the positioning measurement method related to the above is exemplarily described below by taking an example that the first type positioning node includes a base station/TRP, and the second type positioning node includes a WLAN terminal, and the following examples are mainly included:

1. the terminal receives first configuration information and second configuration information, the first configuration information being from the LMF and/or the base station for configuring transmission and measurement of a first positioning signal (PRS and/or SRS) between the terminal and the base station/TRP (possibly M base stations/TRP). The second configuration information is from the WLAN terminal for configuring the transmission and measurement of the second positioning signal (beacon of WLAN) between the terminal and the WLAN terminal (possibly N WLAN terminals).

2. And the terminal transmits and measures the first positioning signal and the second positioning signal according to the first configuration information and the second configuration information, wherein the measurement comprises at least one of signal strength measurement, time measurement and/or angle measurement.

3. The terminal obtains a first measurement result with the base station/TRP and obtains a second measurement result with the WLAN terminal.

4. Calculation of terminal position

i. If the terminal calculates the terminal position, the first configuration information further includes the position information of the base station/TRP, and the second configuration information further includes the position information of the WLAN terminal. And the terminal calculates the position of the terminal based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the base station/TRP and the position information of the WLAN terminal.

if it is the base station or LMF computing terminal location, then the second configuration information also contains the WLAN terminal location information. And the terminal reports the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the WLAN terminal position information to the base station or the LMF, and the base station or the LMF calculates the position of the terminal. If the LMF is calculated, the base station also needs to report the position of the base station to the LMF. Further, the base station or the LMF may also feed back the calculated terminal position to the terminal.

if it is WLAN terminal computing terminal location, the first configuration information also contains location information of base station/TRP. And the terminal reports the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the base station/TRP to the WLAN terminal, and the WLAN terminal calculates the position of the terminal. Further, the WLAN terminal may also feed back the calculated terminal location to the terminal.

5. For M and N of M base stations/TRP and N WLAN terminal used for positioning measurement, the following processing method is needed, first, since there is no interface between the cellular network and the WLAN terminal, the base stations/TRP and WLAN terminal do not know the values of M and N, so the following processing method is adopted:

i. the method comprises the following steps: and the terminal reports the N value to the base station and/or the LMF, and the base station and/or the LMF adjust the M value according to the N value to optimize the performance of the cellular network. .

Method two: and the terminal reports the M value to the WLAN terminal, and the WLAN terminal adjusts the N value according to the M value.

Method three: the base station and/or LMF first indicates M with N being 0 and the WLAN terminal indicates N with M being 0. And the terminal determines the base station/TRP actually used and the WLAN terminal after receiving M and N. For example, the terminal finally selects X base stations/TRP from M base stations/TRP to perform transmission and measurement of the reference signals for positioning purpose; and selecting Y WLAN terminal from the N WLAN terminal for transmission and measurement of the positioning purpose reference signal. Of course, the final measurement results and reported measurement results are also for X base stations/TRPs and/or Y WLAN terminals.

Further, the terminal may report the selected X base stations/TRPs to the base station and/or the LMF. If not, it may cause other unselected base stations/TRPs to continue sending PRS.

Based on the same conception, the embodiment of the disclosure also provides a positioning measurement device.

It is understood that the positioning and measuring device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure includes hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the above functions. The disclosed embodiments can be implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software, in combination with the exemplary elements and algorithm steps disclosed in the disclosed embodiments. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a position measurement device according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 10, a positioning measurement apparatus 100 is applied to a terminal, and includes an acquisition unit 101 and a measurement unit 102.

An obtaining unit 101 is configured to obtain first configuration information and second configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type positioning node, and the second configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node. A measurement unit 102, configured to perform positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

In one embodiment, the measurement unit 102 is further configured to: a first measurement result and a second measurement result are determined, wherein the first measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the first positioning signal and the second measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the second positioning signal. The measurements include one or more of signal strength measurements, time measurements, and angle measurements.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes location information of a first type positioning node, and the second configuration information includes location information of a second type positioning node. The measurement unit 102 is configured to: and determining the position of the terminal based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the second configuration information includes location information of a second type positioning node, and the positioning measurement apparatus 100 further includes a sending unit 103, where the sending unit 103 is configured to: and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the second type positioning node to the first type positioning node or a positioning management functional entity.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit 101 is further configured to: and acquiring terminal position information sent by the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity, wherein the terminal position information is determined by the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes location information of a first type positioning node, and the positioning measurement apparatus 100 further includes a sending unit 103, where the sending unit 103 is configured to: and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the first type positioning node to a second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit 101 is further configured to: and acquiring terminal position information sent by the second type positioning node, wherein the terminal position information is determined by the second type positioning node based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the positioning and measuring apparatus 100 further includes a transmitting unit 103, where the transmitting unit 103 is configured to:

and reporting second quantity information to the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity, wherein the second quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the second type positioning nodes. Wherein the first quantity information is determined based on the second quantity information, the first quantity information being indicative of a quantity of the first type of positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, the positioning and measuring apparatus 100 further includes a transmitting unit 103, where the transmitting unit 103 is configured to: and reporting first quantity information to the second type positioning nodes, wherein the first quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the first type positioning nodes. Wherein the second quantity information is determined based on the first quantity information, the second quantity information being used to indicate the number of the second type of positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, the number of first-type positioning nodes used by the terminal for positioning measurement is the number indicated by the first quantity information, and/or the number of second-type positioning nodes used by the terminal for positioning measurement is the number indicated by the second quantity information.

In one embodiment, the measurement unit 102 is further configured to: and determining the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the first number information, wherein the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the first number information. And/or determining the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the second quantity information, wherein the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second quantity information.

In one embodiment, the positioning and measuring apparatus 100 further includes a transmitting unit 103, where the transmitting unit 103 is configured to: and reporting the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the first type positioning nodes or a positioning management functional entity. And/or reporting the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the second type positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information includes first quantity information. And/or the second configuration information includes second quantity information.

In one embodiment, the first configuration information is sent by a first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity.

In one embodiment, the first type positioning node and the second type node communicate with the terminal using different radio access technologies respectively.

In one embodiment, the first type of positioning node comprises a wireless network device that communicates over a cellular network. The second type of positioning node comprises one or more of a wireless local area network device, a bluetooth device, and an ultra-wideband positioning device.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a position measurement device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 11, the positioning measurement apparatus 200 is applied to a network device, and includes a transmission unit 201.

A sending unit 201, configured to send first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to instruct a terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type of positioning node, and the number of the first type of positioning nodes is determined based on the number of second type of positioning nodes, where the second type of positioning nodes are positioning nodes that transmit a second positioning signal with the terminal.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement apparatus 200 further includes an obtaining unit 202, where the obtaining unit 202 is configured to:

and acquiring the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the second type positioning node. And determining the position of the terminal based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

In one embodiment, the network device includes a first type of positioning node, and the positioning measurement apparatus 200 further includes an obtaining unit 202, where the obtaining unit 202 is configured to: and acquiring the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the second type positioning node. And sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node to a positioning management functional entity.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement apparatus 200 further includes an obtaining unit 202, where the obtaining unit 202 is configured to: and acquiring second quantity information reported by the terminal, wherein the second quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the second type positioning nodes. First quantity information is determined based on the second quantity information, the first quantity information being indicative of a quantity of the first type of positioning nodes.

In one embodiment, the positioning measurement apparatus 200 further includes an obtaining unit 202, where the obtaining unit 202 is configured to: the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement reported by the terminal is obtained. The number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number of the first type positioning nodes indicated by the first number information, and/or the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second number information.

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 300 for positioning measurements, according to an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 300 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 12, the apparatus 300 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 302, a memory 304, a power component 306, a multimedia component 308, an audio component 310, an input/output (I/O) interface 312, a sensor component 314, and a communication component 316.

The processing component 302 generally controls overall operation of the device 300, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing components 302 may include one or more processors 320 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 302 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 302 and other components. For example, the processing component 302 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 308 and the processing component 302.

The memory 304 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 300. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 300, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 304 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power components 306 provide power to the various components of device 300. The power components 306 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 300.

The multimedia component 308 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 300 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 308 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 300 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 310 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 310 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 300 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 304 or transmitted via the communication component 316. In some embodiments, audio component 310 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 312 provides an interface between the processing component 302 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor assembly 314 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the device 300. For example, sensor assembly 314 may detect an open/closed state of device 300, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of device 300, the change in position of device 300 or a component of device 300, the presence or absence of user contact with device 300, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of device 300, and the change in temperature of device 300. Sensor assembly 314 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 314 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 314 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 316 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 300 and other devices. The device 300 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 316 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 316 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 300 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 304 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 320 of the apparatus 300 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 400 for positioning measurements, according to an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 400 may be provided as a network device, such as a base station or the like. Referring to fig. 13, apparatus 400 includes a processing component 422, which further includes one or more processors, and memory resources, represented by memory 432, for storing instructions, such as applications, that are executable by processing component 422. The application programs stored in memory 432 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component 422 is configured to execute instructions to perform the above-described methods.

The apparatus 400 may also include a power component 426 configured to perform power management of the apparatus 400, a wired or wireless network interface 450 configured to connect the apparatus 400 to a network, and an input output (I/O) interface 458. The apparatus 400 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 432, such as Windows Server, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 432 comprising instructions, executable by the processing component 422 of the apparatus 400 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

It is further understood that the use of "a plurality" in this disclosure means two or more, as other terms are analogous. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. The singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It will be further understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used to describe various information and that such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another and do not denote a particular order or importance. Indeed, the terms "first," "second," and the like are fully interchangeable. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

It is further to be understood that while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this is not to be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in serial order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain environments, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A positioning measurement method is applied to a terminal and comprises the following steps:

acquiring first configuration information and second configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type positioning node, and the second configuration information is used for indicating the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node;

and performing positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

2. The positioning measurement method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining a first measurement result and a second measurement result, wherein the first measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the first positioning signal and the second measurement result corresponds to a measurement result measured for the second positioning signal;

the measurements include one or more of signal strength measurements, time measurements, and angle measurements.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first configuration information includes location information of the first type positioning node, and the second configuration information includes location information of the second type positioning node;

the performing a positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information includes:

determining a terminal position based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second configuration information includes location information of the second type positioning node, and the method further comprises:

and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the second type positioning node to the first type positioning node or a positioning management functional entity.

5. The positioning measurement method according to claim 4, further comprising:

and acquiring terminal position information sent by the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity, wherein the terminal position information is determined by the first type positioning node or the positioning management functional entity based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the first configuration information includes location information of the first type positioning node, and wherein the method further comprises:

and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result and the position information of the first type positioning node to the second type positioning node.

7. The positioning measurement method according to claim 6, further comprising:

and acquiring terminal position information sent by the second type positioning node, wherein the terminal position information is determined by the second type positioning node based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node.

8. The positioning measurement method according to claim 1, further comprising:

reporting second quantity information to the first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity, wherein the second quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the second type positioning nodes;

first quantity information is determined based on the second quantity information, the first quantity information indicating a quantity of the first type of positioning nodes.

9. The positioning measurement method according to claim 1, further comprising:

reporting first quantity information to the second type positioning nodes, wherein the first quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the first type positioning nodes;

second quantity information is determined based on the first quantity information, the second quantity information indicating a quantity of the second type of positioning nodes.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the number of first type positioning nodes used by the terminal for positioning measurement is the number indicated by the first quantity information, and/or the number of second type positioning nodes used by the terminal for positioning measurement is the number indicated by the second quantity information.

11. The positioning measurement method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the method further comprises:

determining the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the first number information, wherein the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the first number information; and/or

And determining the number of second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement based on the second quantity information, wherein the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second quantity information.

12. The positioning measurement method of claim 11, further comprising:

reporting the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the first type positioning nodes or a positioning management functional entity; and/or

And reporting the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement to the second type positioning nodes.

13. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the first configuration information comprises the first quantity information; and/or the second configuration information comprises the second quantity information.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first configuration information is sent by the first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the first type of positioning node and the second type of positioning node communicate with the terminal using different radio access technologies respectively.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first type of positioning node comprises a wireless network device communicating over a cellular network;

the second type of positioning node comprises one or more of a wireless local area network device, a Bluetooth device and an ultra-wideband positioning device.

17. A positioning measurement method is applied to network equipment and comprises the following steps:

18. The positioning measurement method of claim 17, further comprising:

acquiring a first measurement result, a second measurement result and position information of a second type positioning node;

determining a location of a terminal based on the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the location information of the first type positioning node, and the location information of the second type positioning node.

19. The positioning measurement method according to claim 17, wherein the network device comprises the first type positioning node, the method further comprising:

and sending the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the position information of the first type positioning node and the position information of the second type positioning node to a positioning management functional entity.

20. The positioning measurement method of claim 17, further comprising:

acquiring second quantity information reported by a terminal, wherein the second quantity information is used for indicating the quantity of the second type positioning nodes;

determining first quantity information based on the second quantity information, the first quantity information indicating a quantity of the first type of positioning nodes.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the number of first type positioning nodes used by the terminal for positioning measurement is the number indicated by the first quantity information, and/or the number of second type positioning nodes used by the terminal for positioning measurement is the number indicated by the second quantity information.

22. The positioning measurement method according to claim 17 or 20, characterized in that the method further comprises:

acquiring the number of first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement reported by the terminal;

the number of the first type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number of the first type positioning nodes indicated by the first number information, and/or the number of the second type positioning nodes used for positioning measurement is less than or equal to the number indicated by the second number information.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the first configuration information comprises the first quantity information.

24. The method according to claim 17, wherein the first configuration information is sent by the first type positioning node or a positioning management function entity.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein the first type of positioning node and the second type of positioning node communicate with the terminal using different radio access technologies respectively.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the first type of positioning node comprises a wireless network device communicating over a cellular network;

27. A positioning measurement device, applied to a terminal, includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first configuration information and second configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a first positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a first type positioning node, and the second configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to perform positioning measurement based on a second positioning signal transmitted between the terminal and a second type positioning node;

and the measurement unit is used for carrying out positioning measurement based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

28. A positioning measurement device applied to a network device includes:

29. A positioning measurement device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: performing the positioning measurement method of any of claims 1 to 16.

30. A positioning measurement device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: performing the positioning measurement method of any of claims 17 to 26.

31. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions therein which, when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, enable the mobile terminal to perform the positioning measurement method of any one of claims 1 to 16.

32. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, instructions in which, when executed by a processor of a network device, enable the network device to perform the positioning measurement method of any of claims 17 to 26.